Russel Weiskircher and the Liberation of Dachau

Russ Weiskircher was a member of the 157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division, which, with the 42nd Infantry Division, liberated
Dachau on 29 April 1945.

"CLEVELAND — No maps were needed. When U.S. troops asked where the Dachau death camp was, a villager held his nose and pointed down the road.

"Following the stench of death and decay, the soldiers finally arrived in April 1945 to a scene of horrific display - survivors barely clinging to life, clothing hanging off skin and bones, as they emerged from overcrowded and disease-ridden barracks.

"Retired Army Brig. Gen. Russel R. Weiskircher, then a sergeant, didn't soften words as he recalled his role in the Nazi camp's liberation at the end of World War II in Europe, as he spoke Thursday to Truett-McConnell College students in a chapel service ."

General talks about Holocaust liberation


Dave

 

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